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The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters
A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.
Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019: The Fire that consumes India
Image Courtesy: hindustantimes.com“..the foreign races in Hindusthan must either...
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